Food is MedicineFood is LoveWe are dedicated to cooking and delivering the specific, nutritious
meals a client ’s severe illness and treatment so urgently require.
Serving the greater New York City metropolitan area since 1985.
People Served
The Medically Tailored Meal Intervention
Geography
Mission in Action
90%
7,000 People
Clients at or belowFederal Poverty Level
16% HIV/AIDS
16% Cancer
15% Other Diseases
8% Alzheimer’s/Neurological Disorders
8% MS/Musculoskeletal
7% Severe Diabetes
5% Pulmonary Disease
11% Kidney Disease
16% Cardiovascular
D I A G N O S I S
S P E C I A L T O U C H E S
Support families by feeding the children and
senior caregivers of clients
Special holiday meals and gifts
Personalized birthday cakes and cards
Emergency meal kits for blizzards and blackouts
N O S TA R T E R S , F I L L E R S O R P R E S E R V AT I V E S
S O M E R E S T R I C T I O N S I N C L U D E :M A N H AT TA N
B R O O K LY N
B R O N X
Q U E E N S
S TAT E N I S L A N D
H U D S O N C O U N T Y , N J
W E S T C H E S T E R C O U N T Y
N A S S A U C O U N T YA L L M E A L S A R E L O W I N S O D I U M
2 1 N U T R I T I O N P U B L I C AT I O N S :
7 R E G I S T E R E D D I E T I T I A N N U T R I T I O N I S T S
Pork, Beef, Fish, Vegetarian, Sugar, Fat, Dairy, Renal,
Minced, Pureed, Acid/Bland and Fiber/Gas
Clients
Caregivers
Children
91%
5%
4%
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166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013 Tel 212.294.8100 Fax 212.294.8101 godslovewedeliver.orgGODS LOVE WE DELIVER
Policy & Planning 212.294.8171 [email protected] To Become a Client 800.747.2023 To Volunteer 212.294.8158 To Make a Donation 212.294.8142
100%+Growth in Meals in 10 Years
14,400Volunteers Adding $2m in Service
7,200Meals per Day
1,800,000Meals per Year
#FoodIsMedicine
14,000 per year distributed nationally and internationally
We provide medically tailored meals that address a variety of medical needs using a combination of nutrition restrictions, resulting in an almost infinite meal variety.
All clients are referred by a medical provider and then go through an in-depth nutrition assessment with an RDN resulting in their individual meal plan.
Research
T H E N E E D
A C C E S S T O M E D I C A L LY TA I L O R E D M E A L S
Malnourished patients compared to nourished patients:
Live more independently
Learn to Eat Nutritionally
Manage Medical Treatment Better Decreaese Stress
Clients overwhelmingly report that our program helps them:
M E D I C A I D : C O M M U N I T Y P A R T N E R S P R O G R A M N Y S D O H B A L A N C I N G I N C E N T I V E S P R O J E C T
Duals Demonstration Project (FIDA)
24 Contracts
Recognized as an Outstanding Project
Expansion to Westchester and Nassau Counties
Creation of MTM Referral Tool
Improves medication adherence 3
Reduces hospitalizations and ER visits 4
Can reduce overall healthcare costs up to 28 % 5
Footnotes: 1Corkins MR et al. , J. Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (2013); 2Su Li Lim et al. , 31 Clinical Nutr. 345-250 (2012); 3Singer, A et al. AIDS Behav (2015) 19:1510–1526; 4Adaila A et al. ,
New York State Department of Health: Resources for Ending the Epidemic, 2014; 5Gurvey J, Rand K, Daugherty S, Dinger C, Schmeling J, and Laverty N. 4(4):311-7 (June 3, 2013)
Longer Hospital Stay13xHigher
Healthcare Costs13x Initial Hospitalizations22x More Likely Discharged
to a Facility Rather Than Their Home1
2x
M E D I C A I D M A N A G E D C A R E N Y S D O H S O C I A L D E T E R M I N A N T S O F H E A L T H I N N O V A T I O N A W A R D
Tier 1 Community Based Provider for Value Based Payment arrangements Chosen as a winner in the Community-Based Organization category
Partners with New York State in Healthcare Innovation
G O D ’ S L O V E W E D E L I V E R ( N E W Y O R K , N Y ) M A N N A ( P H I L A D E L P H I A , P A )
Health outcomes for clients with metastaticcancer with a hospital in NYC
C O M M U N I T Y S E R V I N G S ( B O S T O N , M A )P R O J E C T O P E N H A N D ( S A N F R A N C I C S C O , C A )
Retrospective analysis of Medicaid claims data toexamine outcomes as a result of the MTM intervention
Medically Tailored Meal Research Studies with Members of the Food is Medicine Coalition
Retrospective analysis of Medicaid claims data toexamine outcomes as a result of the MTM intervention
70% decrease in ED visits 52% decrease in inpatient admissions71% fewer emergency transports
Comparing health outcomes of diabetic Medicaid ManagedCare members with MTM and those without
26% decrease in inpatient admissions7% decrease in emergency room visits 19%/mo overall drop in medical costs
P R O J E C T A N G E L H E A R T ( D E N V E R , C 0 )Cost savings related to MTM for people diagnosed withcancer, CHF, COPD, Diabetes, ESRD, HIV/AIDS, MS
People with Type 2 Diabetes, HIV and co-morbidly diagnosedpopulations, on MTM
63% decrease in hospitalizations50% increase in medication adherence 58% decrease in client emergency room visits
13% decrease in rate of 30-day all-cause readmissions27% decrease in PMPM inpatient costs for all clients Average of 24% reduction in PMPM total medical costs for clients living with CHF, COPD, and ESRDInpatient cost reductions of up to $555 PMPM for clientsliving with CHF, COPD, diabetes, and ESRD
M A N N A ( P H I L A D E L P H I A , P A )Medicaid Managed Care patients
Average monthly health care costs of MANNA clients fell62% within the first 3 months, a cost savings of $30,000+.For HIV/AIDS patients, costs fell over 80% in the first three months MANNA clients’ rate of hospitalization decreased by halfInpatient stays 37% shorter and hospital costs 30% lowerMANNA clients 20%+ more likely to be released from hospital to home rather than a care facility
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